You can’t blame them and certainly we do not. The Quad Cities Times newspaper was quick to jump on the fact that the move of the famed World Series of Drag Racing from its ancestral home on Cordova, Illinois to Memphis was one of the most financially ruinous decisions in the history of the sport of drag racing. Spectator estimates in Memphis range from 1,000 to 3,000 tops whereas the Cordova version of the race was packing nearly 10,000 people into Cordova for days on end.
We lead the news charge on this decision being made long before it was publicly announced and while we’re happy to be on the bleeding edge of the news we were not happy with the content of the news because frankly, it sucked. This was a decision made for bad reasons that ended with a worse result. The IHRA booked in a host of NHRA talent and no one bothered to show up to watch. Know what’s worse? They are probably too hard headed to move it back to the location where it has been and should be for the end of time.
Normally we would say that this editorial sounded like sour grapes but this isn’t a normal situation. This is the truth as ugly as it may be.
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We were at the 60th annual World Series. The only race I’ve ever been to where was literally not another place to park one more spectator or race car. It was full to the rafters.
I’ve never been to the world series of drag racing, but I have been to both tracks and I’d much rather race at Cordova. Memphis is hot with no shade and over the years I’ve heard of race cars being stolen right out of the pits. I guess I’ve never worried about my stuff at Cordova. I’ve left the trailer open while out on a 30 mile cruise for true street events. I wouldn’t do that at Memphis. Maybe the new IHRA president has a little pull and can get this fixed.